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F. HANI & 0. BILLINGTON.

. UULTIVATOR- I -N0.;307,938. Patnted NOV. 11, 1884.

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FRED HANI AND CHARLES A. BILLINGTON, OF MORRILL, KANSAS.

CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,938, dated November 11, 1884.

I I Application filed March 11 1884. (No model.)

To all 2071 0772, it may concern Be it known that we, FRED HANI and CHARLES A. BILLINGTON, of Morrill, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cultivators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this-specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same taken through the line as 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional front elevation of a part of the same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to provide a cultivator for cultivating small corn planted in the furrows between the ridges in listed land.

The invention consists in a cultivator constructed with curved bars or runners, and inclined beams connected at their forward ends with each other and the curved bars by upright bars having horizontal overlapping upper ends, connected at their rear ends by an adjustable arched bar, and provided with cutters and fenders, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A are two curved or runner-shaped bars, the lower parts of which, at a little distance from their rear ends, are welded or otherwise secured to the lower ends of two upright bars, B. The upper ends of the curved bars A are secured to the upper parts of the bars B by bolts 0. The bars B, a little above the upper ends of the curved bars A, have a quartertwi'st formed in them, and are bent inward into horizontal positions, so as to overlap each other, and are secured to each other by two bolts, D. Several holes are formed in the overlapped horizontal parts of the bars B, to receive the bolts D, so that the curved bars A and the upright parts of the bars B can be adjusted at any desired distance apart.

To the outensides of the barsB are secured by bolts E the-lower arms of the angle-irons F, the upper armsof which project outward, and to them are secured by bolts G the forward parts of the beams H. Several holes are formed in the bars B, to receive the bolts E and allow the angle-irons F, the beams H, and

the knives K to be moved up or down, as the character of the surface of the ground may require. To the upper sides of the rear parts of the beams H are secured by bolts I the ends of an arched bar, J to hold the rear parts of the said beams in proper position. Several holes are formed in the ends of the arched bar J, to receive the fastening-bolts I, so that the rear parts of the beams H can be adjusted .to correspond with the adjustment of their The beams H are inclined outforward ends. ward toward their rear ends, giving the cultivator an A form, as shown in Fig. 1.

K are the cutters, which are made with rounded shanks, and thin flat blades having rounded ends. The cutters K are placed in inclined positions, and are secured to the beams H by hook-bolts L, passing around the shanks of the cutters K and through the said beams H. Five (more or less) cutters, K, are attached to each beam, H, the forward four to the inner side of the said beam, and the rear one to the outer side. The cutters K are made with an inward lateral curve, the curve of the forward cutter on each beam H being slight, I

and being increased in each succeeding cutter, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to the last, which is very much curved. The cutters K can be made to throw more or less soil, as the size of the plants may require.

M are the fenders, which are attached, to

bars N. The forward parts of the bars N are bent upward and forward, and their projecting forward ends are secured to the upright parts of the standards B by bolts 0. Several holes are formed in the forward ends of the bars N, to receive the fastening-bolts 0, so that the said fenders can readily be adjusted as the size of the plants may require.

P is the draft-bail, the ends of which are hinged to the forward ends of eye-bars Q, the rear ends of which are secured to the beams H by the bolts G. The cultivator is guided and controlled by handlesR, secured at their lower ends to the beams H by two of the bolts L, and supported at a suitable elevation by braces v S, bolted to them and to the said beams.

In using the cultivator the curved bars or runners A travel in the bottom of the list or furrow upon the opposite sides of the row of plants, supporting the forward ends of the beams and limiting the depth to which the IL) I forward cutters enter the soil, the forward cutters, K, loosening the soil and destroying the weeds close to the plants, and moving the soil slightly inward, while the succeeding cutters operate upon the sides of the ridges, each succeeding cutter moving more soil inward than the preceding cutter, and gradually leveling the ridges, the fenders M N preventing the plants from being covered or injured by having too much soil thrown around them.

Having thus describedour invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cultivator constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the curved bars or runners, and the inclined beams connected at their forward ends with each other and the curved bars by upright bars having horizontal overlapping upper ends, connected at their rear ends by an adjustable arched bar, and provided with cutters and fenders, as set forth.

2. In a cultivator, the combination, with the beams H, of the cutters K, secured to said beams, and having thin flat blades curved inwardly, the curve of each succeeding blade being greater than the one preceding it, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a cultivator, the combination, with the beams H, provided with the cutters K, of the curved bars A and the upright bars B, having horizontal overlapping upper ends, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the forward ends of the beams will be supported, and the depth to which the forward cutters enter the ground will be regulated, as set forth.

FRED HANI. CHARLES A. BILLINGTON.

Witnesses:

J. B. DAVIS, \V. A. BAKER. 

